Summary: Surrealism and Dada is started as an 'anti-art.' It was against looking real and good. It is often described as looking like 'nonsense,' and portrays a negative view of specific thing. Surrealism affected the 20th century greatly and started as a literary movement, including a 'special philosophy.' Also, it is based the belief of the greater reality of certain things. Some famous painters of this type of art includes Picasso and Miro. There isn't any main 'style' in Surrealism. It evolves in 3 tendencies. The main purpose was to 'irritate,' or confuse the vision. Some techniques that they used included grattage, or also known as scraping. The next tendency is also known as Veristic Surrealism, portrayed things about the 'dream world.' Rene Magritte and Salvador Dali are famous Surrealism artists. The third and last tendency began with techniques started by Miro, Paul Klee, and Masson (WW2). It used drawing large lines on the canvas, and added colors by coating them!
Pictures!- Dali's Portrait of Paul Eluard
The Persistence Of Memory:
Frida Kahlo's:Self Portrait with Monkey:
The Little Deer-
Marcel Duchamp's L.H.O.O.Q:
3 Questions:
1) Why did Marcel Duchamp draw a mustache on Mona Lisa? Explain based on the summary.
2) How many arrows are there on the deer?
3) Name a technique!
Pictures!- Dali's Portrait of Paul Eluard
The Persistence Of Memory:
Frida Kahlo's:Self Portrait with Monkey:
The Little Deer-
Marcel Duchamp's L.H.O.O.Q:
3 Questions:
1) Why did Marcel Duchamp draw a mustache on Mona Lisa? Explain based on the summary.
2) How many arrows are there on the deer?
3) Name a technique!